God Bless the Child

After reading the accounts of the Newtown bloodshed in the morning paper, I felt compelled to make one of my rather infrequent visits to the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Once there, I lit 26 vigil lights for the victims who died in Sandy Hook Elementary School that day. By the time I was finished, the Cathedral was completely lacking of human life. It felt empty and hollow much like we all do as we contemplate the unimaginable events of that day.

God Bless the Children and Teachers of Newtown.

Charlotte Bacon, Feb. 22, 2006
Daniel Barden, Sept. 25, 2005
Olivia Engel, July 18, 2006
Josephine Gay, Dec. 11, 2005
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, April 4, 2006
Dylan Hockley, March 8, 2006
Madeleine F. Hsu, July 10, 2006
Catherine V. Hubbard, June 8, 2006
Chase Kowalski, Oct. 31, 2005
Jesse Lewis, June 30, 2006
James Mattioli, March 22, 2006
Grace McDonnell, Nov. 4, 2005
Emilie Parker, May 12, 2006
Jack Pinto, May 6, 2006
Noah Pozner, Nov. 20, 2006
Caroline Previdi, Sept. 7, 2006
Jessica Rekos, May 10, 2006
Avielle Richman, Oct. 17, 2006
Benjamin Wheeler, Sept. 12, 2006
Allison N. Wyatt, July 3, 2006

Rachel Davino, July 17, 1983
Dawn Hochsprung, June 28, 1965
Anne Marie Murphy, July 25, 1960
Lauren Rousseau, June of 1982
Mary Sherlach, Feb. 11, 1956
Victoria Soto, Nov. 4, 1985

I could not stop listening to THIS ZUCHERRO song today. It is powerful and moving.

I never have found myself alone in this building before so, after lighting the vigils, I ran to the car and got my kit out of the trunk. If you have time, please press big to see the glory of the design.